Mop



Sr F. PETERSEN.

MOP.

APPLlcATloN FILED Nov. lo, |919.

1,342,182, "Patetealune 1,1920.

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soREN I. PETERS'EN, or oIIIoAGo, ILLINOIS;

MOP.

To all whom #may concern: y 'p Be it known that I, SOREN F. PETERSEN, a citizen of the United States,`and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, lof which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsj My invention relates to mops and it has for its principal object the provision of a Vnew and improved form and arrangement of parts by which a wringing device is incorporated in the structure of the mop. It is another object of my invention to provide a mop of this type so arranged and organized that the added feature may be employed without affecting the efficiency of the mop view of a mop embody-- .Y ing my improvements, both the handle and the mopping member being broken away close to the head of the mop.

2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 3 is a partial face view as seen from the left in Fig. 2 but with the parts in changed position in a wringing operation.

Fig. 4 is a central vertical section, taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section, beibng taken substantially on line 5--5 of leferring to the several figures of the drawings in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters, 10 indicates a mop handle having arms 11 and 12 secured thereon and extending outwardly therefrom, between the turned ends of which arms is revolubly mounted the head of the mop as hereinafter described. As is best shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the head of the mop is in the form of a clamping device comprising a bar 13 and a trough- Specification of Letters Patent.

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Y j Application iled November 10, 1919.V Serial No. 337,015.

shaped bar 14 secured at its ends to "the bar y Y 13 bymeans of bolts 15. VThe bar 13 "extends through suitable openings in the lower turned ends of the arms 11 and 12, which are held against a spreading movement longitudinally of the bar 13 by means 'of a second bar 16 which is secured in position by the bolts 15, the bar 16 having its outerends turned down on the outer'f'ac'es of thearms 11 and 12 as shown in said Fig. 4.l As is best shown in Fig. 5 the mopping member 17, which inthe construction shown is in the form of a plurallty'of strands, 1s secured lirmly between the'barsY 13 and 16, on one side and the trough-shaped bar 14 on'the other side, the trough-shaped bar 14 serving to surround or inclose .the strands 'which are looped about the bars 13 and 16 whereby the strands are clamped'securely against withdrawal. At the same time wheny it is desired to remove the strands, this can. be

" accomplished readily by the removal of the bolts 1,5. Washers 18 are employed about the bars 13 and 16 and within the -troughshaped bar 14 serving to. keep thevstrands out of the bearing of the head in the arms 11 and 12. These washers also act as rollers, serving to protect the floor;

The bar 13 is provided with a crank lhandle 19 at one end, in the construction shown this handle being vf ormed integrally with the bar. By the use of the handle 19, the head is adapted'to be rotated between the Varms 11 and 12 serving to roll the mopping member about the head as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the mopping member being adapted to be rotated with the head as long as it may 'be desired. Means is provided for lholding the head against rotation comprising a slide block 20, mounted upon the arm 11 yand carrying a' stop device 21 substantially in the form of a yoke having prongs adapted to extend on opposite sides of the handle 19 forholdingthe handle against turning.

The means for wringing the Vwater from the mopping member comprises al bar 22 spaced a short distance from the head of the mopping member as is shown in Fig. 1 whereby the mopping member, as it is brought into contact with said bar in the rotation of the mopping member about the axis of the head of the mop, is pressed upon by the bar. In the construction shown, the

strip 23 secured upon one face of the bar 22 and having its ends turned about the ends of the bar 22 so as to embrace the arms 11 and 12. The resilient means for holding the bar. 22 yieldingly inv position is in the form of a spring 24 connected at one end to the lower end of the handle 10 and at the other end to an arm 25 extending upward along the handle from the bar 22. In

.the construction shown the' arm 25 is' in the vform ofa heavy wire having a loop 26 extending around the handle l() and slidable longitudinally thereof, `the ends of the wire vbeing secured to the bar 22 by engagement with suitable sockets in the bar underneath the metallic strip 23. A collar 27 fixed upon the handle 10 by means of a screw 28 serves asY a stop for limiting the downward movement of thebar 22.y

By the use of my construction as above described, the water is adapted to be pressed out. of the mopping member very quickly and easily, ordinarily a single revolution of the handle being sufficient tosecure the desired wringing effect, after which a slight manipulation of the handle back and forth serves to straighten out the strands.

By .reason of using a wide bar 14 about which the strands are wound in the wringing operation, the operator is enabled much more readily to throw off the strands after such wringing operation. What I claim as .m invention and desire to secure by Letters,V atent, is-

l. yA mop comprising a bar rotatable about a longitudinal axis, afmopping member secured upon said bar Vand rotatable. therewith, v:and i a second bar non-rotatively mounted in spaced relation to said firstnamed bar ,adapted to press againstv said mopping member forwringing the water therefrom `as said moppmg member Vis rotated with said first-named bar. v

said handle serving to limit the movement of the arm mounted on said second bar for holding said bar at a distance from the rstnamed bar, and a spring connected kbetween said handle and the armon said second bar adapted to draw said second bar yyieldingly toward said first-named bar so as to press upon said mopping member for wringing the water therefrom as said mopping member is rotated about said first-named bar.

3. A mop comprising a handle', oppositelydisposed arms secured on thelower end portion of said handle, abar rotatably mounted in suitable openings in said arms, Va second ,bar secured to said first-named bar and having its ends turned down on the outer faces of said arms, a mopping member secured on said bar, and means for rotating said bar and said mopping member.

4. A mop comprising a rotatably-mount- 4 ed bar, a mopping'member loopedlover said bar, a trough-shaped bar secured about said Vfirst-named bar and revoluble about the axis thereof, said trough-shaped bar extending at its sides substantially opposite said'firstnamed bar and serving to clamp the mopping member thereon, means for rotating saidrst-named bar about itsV longitudinal axis serving to wind the mopping member about saidv bars, and a third bar adapted to press against the mopping member for wringing the water therefrom as said mopping member is carried around by said firstnamed two bars, said second bar serving substantially to space the-end portions of Y V the mopping member from the looped portion thereof when wound about said rstnamed bar for assisting in clearing the mopping member after a wringing operation.

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